How Far Back In Earth's History Could You Have Survived?

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Researched and Written by Leila Battison
Narrated and Edited by David Kelly
Thumbnail Art and Art by Ettore Mazza
Time Machine Art by Joseph Ioseliani
Additional Visuals by Manuel Rubio

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Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist, stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid. Galaxy and space imagery from NASA and ESO.

Image Credits:

Cyanobacteria Asai H, Iwamori S, Kawai K, Ehira S, Ishihara J, Aihara K, Shoji S, Iwasaki H, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Jeholornis Stomach contents Hu, Han & Wang, Yan & Mcdonald, Paul & Wroe, Stephen & O'Connor, Jingmai & Bjarnason, Alexander & Bevitt, Joseph & Yin, Xuwei & Xiaoting, Zheng & Zhou, Zhonghe & Benson, Roger. (2022). Earliest evidence for fruit consumption and potential seed dispersal by birds. eLife. 11. 10.7554/eLife.74751.

Jeholornis prima By Tiouraren (Y.-C. Tsai) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Archaefructus_liaoningensis.jpg By Shizhao - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Tidal Flats By Kennethcgass, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Fractofusus By djpmapleferryman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/6331949..., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Kimberella By James St. John - Kimberella quadrata (Ediacaran fossil) in sandstone (Ust-Pinega Formation, Ediacaran, Neoproterozoic; White Sea, Russia), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Various Ediacaran Biota by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 , via Wikimedia Commons

00:00 Introduction
5:50 Hell on Earth: 4.5 - 2.5 BYA
17:59 Chasing Oxygen: 2.5 BYA to 750 MYA
37:06 Survive and Thrive: 750 MYA to present